{"id":831,"date":"2026-07-21T21:48:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T04:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryk.groetchen.com\/blog\/?p=831"},"modified":"2026-07-21T21:48:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T04:48:45","slug":"its-yours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ryk.groetchen.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/21\/its-yours\/","title":{"rendered":"it\u2019s yours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

a child entrains
to the sound of her nana’s voice,
and in the attunement,
learns to sing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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and know belonging
long after nana is gone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

one day she is singing
her song of belonging
and she is told, “stop!
you stole that song!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

it doesn’t belong to you
it belongs to my people”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and she wondered “why,
if we both learned the song
from our nanas, can we not
belong, together?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

because she still belonged to her nana
she asked her to help her understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“oh, honey, baby, sweetie pie
the world is hard, don’t pay it no mind.
some people only
see with their eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you go right on singin’ our song.
i’m here with you, baby. you’re mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you might have to keep it
in private, until
you meet someone who
hears with their eyes,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and sees with their heart. don’t worry, baby,
you’ll find your people. maybe not tomorrow,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

nana’s here with you, forever,
and forever is a mighty long time.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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